ICD-10-CM Code Q70.03Fused fingers, bilateral

BILLABLE

Billable Code

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

POA Exempt

POA Exempt Code

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires medical coders to indicate whether or not a condition was present at the time of admission, in order to properly assign MS-DRG codes. This "Present On Admission" (POA) indicator is recorded on CMS form 4010A.

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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

Q70.03 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of fused fingers, bilateral. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

POA Indicators on CMS form 4010A are as follows:

Indicator

Meaning

CMS Will Pay CC/MCC DRG Costs

Y

Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission

Yes

N

Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission

No

U

Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.

No

W

Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.

Yes

1

Exempt from POA reporting

No

The ICD code Q70 is used to code Musculoskeletal abnormality

A musculoskeletal abnormality is a disorder of the musculoskeletal system present at birth.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code
GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk.
This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code Q70.03 and a single ICD9 code, 755.12 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.